Re: SWING at OJE

[Rolf W. Rasmussen]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 12:28:16PM -0500, Andrew Selkirk wrote:
>[...] 
> You've hit the nail on the head.  I have given it a lot of thought to
> that myself from the beginning of OJE.  You are right that that the 
> completely safe route is to only refer to documentation.  My position 
> is based on the following issues:
>  - java is an environment for programs to run.  This is the same for
>    the WINE project and the Sony-Connectix case (apply all the same
>    arguments for these projects).  For example, for WINE, you
>    create programs that you run under Windows to gather information.
>    I've done just that.
>[...]

Yes, reverse-engineering is permitted in most countries with sane laws. 
However, I don't think you can claim that you're making a clean-room 
implementation at the same time, unless you're deploying some kind of 
double-blind scheme.
> 
> >If you'd like, I can give you the code I have (LGPL), and give you a
> >helping hand. However, I don't really have much time to spare lately.
> 
> That's awesome!  Every piece helps.

I've sifted through my old files and placed the relevant files in an 
archive that I've put up at 
<URL:http://www.ii.uib.no/~rolfwr/jcnix/jcnix-swing.tar.gz>.  Do what 
like with it.  Since I want to continue doing "safe" clean-room 
implementations I unfortunately cannot look or work on your source 
code.  However, I'll be happy to attempt to answer any questions you 
may have, or help you solve tricky problems concerning Swing.

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